Arthur Farrand Tatlow
1911 - pork butcher. On enlistment he gave his occupation as mechanic.
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Arthur was the only son of Arthur Charles and Sarah Elizabeth Tatlow (née Harley).
Both his parents were born in Wirksworth, Derbyshire. Arthur, the son of William and Mary Tatlow, was born in 1869 (bap. November 1869) and his wife Sarah in 1873. They were married at Wirksworth St Mary in December 1901 and had three children, Arthur Farrand, Hilda Elizabeth and Kathleen Mary.
Arthur and his sister Hilda were born in Ashover, Arthur in 1893 and Hilda in 1894; both were baptised in Ashover parish church on 26 August 1894. Their sister Kathleen was born in Chesterfield in January 1904 and baptised in the August in the parish church.
The family had moved to Chesterfield by 1901 where Arthur was employed as a machine driver with Steely Tube Works. Also in the home of the night of the census were his wife and two children together with a boarder, a fellow worker of Arthur's.
By 1911 Arthur, now working as a furniture porter, his wife, son Arthur, a pork butcher, and two daughters were living at 47 Foljambe Terrace, Ashgate Road, Chesterfield.
Sometime after 1911 the family moved to Worksop where they lived in Bridge Place, Worksop. Arthur, who had enlisted in February 1916, married Gertrude Barrowcliffe at Worksop St Anne in August of that year.
Arthur's parents were recorded at 6 Bridge Street, Worksop, on the 1921 Census; his father was working as a furniture packer for Eyre & Sons. The youngest child, Kathleen, was still living at home.
Hilda had married Philip Blower, a widower with two young children, in 1919, and was living with her husband, stepchildren and their three infant children, including twins, on Sandy Lane, Worksop. Hilda's death was registered in Worksop in 1955 (JFM).
Kathleen married Wilfred Dickenson in 1929 and had three sons, the youngest of whom was born in 1936, the year her husband died. Kathleen remarried (Lewin) and died in 1988 (reg. Worksop).
Their mother died in 1933 (reg. Worksop) and their father in 1934 (reg. Sheffield).
Arthur's widow Gertrude married Frederick Walter Edlington in 1924 (reg. Worksop) and they had a daughter, Joan, in 1926. Frederick had served in the war with the Tank Corps (315139 Private). The Edlingtons were living in Worsborough, Yorkshire, when the 1939 England & Wales Register was compiled but at a later date moved back to Worksop where Gertrude and Frederick died within a month of each other in 1966. They were survived by their married daughter.
According to a newspaper report of Arthur's death published in June 1917, he enlisted on 2 February 1916 and was posted to the 2/8th Battalion Sherwood Foresters. This was a Territorial Force battalion, Notts & Derby Infantry Brigade, North Midland Division, which was raised in Newark in August 1914. In May 1915 it became part of 139th Bde 46th (North Midland) Division.
The Battalion initially served on garrison duty in England but moved to Ireland and was there during the Easter Rising of 1916, remaining on garrison duty until January 1917. The Battalion moved to France in the February, entraining on 26 February, and disembarking from SS Arundel at Boulogne the same day.
Arthur died in hospital on 31 May 1917 from wounds and was buried in Tincourt New British Cemetery, France (grave ref. X. B. 15).
It is not known when he received his injuries, but a Battalion history describes moving to the 'extensive Quarries north-east of Templeux, where the whole Battalion, as well as some Cavalry and Indian Troops were billeted', probably in late April/early May, and then of an incident a few days after 21 May (marked by a presentation of Ribbons at a ceremonial parade) when a shell, which had, apparently, 'accidentally dropped short', severely wounding about five men from the Battalion.
CWGC History of Tincourt New British Cemetery (extract): The village of Tincourt is about 7km from the town of Peronne. 'The villages of Tincourt and Boucly were occupied by British troops in March 1917, during the German Retreat to the Hindenburg Line From the following May until March 1918, Tincourt became a centre for Casualty Clearing Stations ... The cemetery was begun in June 1917, and used until September 1919 ... After the Armistice it was used for the reburial of soldiers found on the battlefield, or buried in small French or German cemeteries.' (www.cwgc.org)
Research by Colin Dannatt. Record revised and updated RF (Aug 2025)
CWGC additional information: Husband of G. Edlington (formerly Tatlow), of 11, Devonshire St., Worksop, Notts.
CWGC headstone personal inscription: 'R.I.P.'
Worksop Guardian, 8 June 1917: 'Lance. Corpl. A.F. Tatlow'
'This week again we have to record the deaths of a number of Worksop Soldiers, who have either fallen in battle, or died of wounds. Amongst the number is Lance Corpl. Arthur Farrand Tatlow, of the Sherwood Foresters, son of Mr and Mrs. Arthur Tatlow, Bridge Place, who married on August 29th last year, at St. Anne’s Church, to Miss Gertrude Barrowcliffe, 11, Devonshire Street.
'The deceased soldier, who was only 24 years of age, was a well conducted and most respected young man, and great sympathy is expressed with his widow and other relatives in the loss that has befallen them.
'Before enlisting Lance Corpl. Tatlow was employed as a mechanic. He joined the Sherwood Foresters on February 2nd 1916 and shortly afterwards he was in Ireland taking part in the fighting at Dublin. On February 3rd last year (sic) he was drafted out to France, his marriage taking place in the interval, and it was here that he sustained the wounds which ended fatally.
'In a letter to his widow, received on Monday, the Chaplain, the Rev. A.R. Horne, says that after being brought to Hospital, Tatlow was taken much worse. Gangrene set in, and he passed peacefully away a very short time afterwards. 'I can’t say how sorry I am for you,” he writes, I had hoped so much he might be spared, but the gangrene made it hopeless. I buried him in our little cemetery, with a Cross to mark his grave. His effects will reach you from the Base Records Office. With my deepest sympathy.'
'Tatlow had many friends in Worksop, who will hear of his death with much regret. He was one of the many of whom the town has every reason to be proud.'
Arthur Farrand Tatlow
photo originally published in the Worksop Guardian and now in the Borough of Worksop Roll of Honour of the Great War 1914-1918 in Worksop Library.
Arthur Farrand Tatlow
Commonwealth war grave headstone marking his grave at Tincourt New British Cemetery, Somme Courtesy of Murray Biddle
Photo of Arthur Farrand Tatlow
Buried in Tincourt New British Cemetery, France (www.cwgc.org